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METHOD 0F RBINPORGING GARMENTS. i No. 261,102. Patented Ju1yl1,1832L zzem. I i l 76* Ma@ l l Wr e, Beit known that I, LEVI PRICE, of New ments, to strengthen those parts where theadr), stance, at the root ofthe slit orside opening at UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI PRICE, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO Hf WALLAOHS SONS, OF

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METHOD OF RE-ENFORCING GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,102, dated July 11, 1882. Application filed April 11, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern ting the edge of one of the two pieces previous to their union in such a manner (as will be presently more fully explained) as to form a sort oftonguepiece, which, when folded over at a hinge-line coincident with its root, is united to the edge of the other one of said two pieces, and securing together both the cut and uncut edges of vthe two pieces at the locality where they have usually been united or seamed, so 6o that when completed this portion of the garment shall have the point where the union between the united edges ceases, strengthened by the said tongue-like device, which, when the unconnected edges shall be pulled apart, 65 (forming an angle at the said point where their union ceases,) will form a sort ot' brace or tiepiece, operating to relieve the united edges of the two pieces from any strain which would tend to break the union between them. 7o

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use either or all of the features of my invention inthe manufacture of anyand all garments to which said invention may beapplied, I will now proceed to more fully explain the 75 improvement I have made, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which I have illustrated my improvement, carried outin the manner in which I have so far practiced my 8o invention.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown it as applied in the construction of a shirt-sleeve only; but of course it will, from thisillustration, be perfectly plain to those 85 skilled in the art how my invention is to be practiced in the manufacture of other parts of the shirt to which it may be applicable, or in the making of such parts of other articles of wearing-apparel as my said improvement may 9o be applied to.

Figure l shows part of the sleeve of an or dinary blue-cloth shirt with t-he edges in the condition in which they usually are prior to their being united (by the side seam or usual 95 stitching together) from about the points a a to the armpit, or to where the sleeve is united to the body of the shirt, the edges b cbeingeach hemmed over, as shown, from the base of the cuffd upward to points a little Way beyond Ico York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this application. ro My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in those portions of shirts, drawers, and other garments where two pieces of the stuff, seamed or united throughout a portion only oftheir adjacent edges and adapted 15 tobe pulled apart where not fastened together, form an angle when pulled apart, which angle is liable to rupture.

Instances ofsuch portions ofgarmentsas present the above-described conditions ofstructure zo may be foundin shirts and analogous articles of wearing-apparel where the tail slits or openings occur; also, where the longitudinal slits or openings occur at the lower ends of the sleeve, and where the slit or opening extending down 2 5 from the neckband (either in front or in rear of the garment) occurs. They may also be found in drawers and analogous garments where the slit or opening occurs at the lower end of the leg, and where the slit or opening 3o (sometimes called thelly)occurs in the body portion of the garment.

Previous to my lnvention it has been customary, in the manufacture of various gar- 35 jacent edges of two pieces have been united for a portion only of the length of each-as,f0rin the end of a shirt-sleeve or drawers-leg--by the addition of a small gusset or piece of tape, &c.,

4o fastened at its perimeter or edges to both the pieces of the garment at or in the vicinity of thepoint or locality at which they were most liable to first become separated in a manner well known. It has also been common to 45 strengthen such crotch-like portions of garments bymeansof a bridge-piece and other devices.

I propose to strengthen such portions ot' garments more eectually and without the use of any separate or supplemental piece 5 and to this end and object my invention consists in cutwhere the slit or side opening of the finished sleeve is eventuallyr to extend. One of these ing edges, b, I cut into, both crosswise and lengthwise, as shown at Fig. 2, where e represents a sort of tongue, which is formed by thus cutting the stock or material. I then bend or fold down this tongue-like device or portion e, as indicated by the dotted lines at Fig. 2, and, plac the edges which are to be united in the proper relative position, I sew them together.

Fig. 3 represents in perspective the proper relative position of the edges and tonguepiece e, and shows how the parts are when basted together preparatory to thctinal stitching. In this View the tongue e, it will be observed, i-s secured to the edge portion c.

Fig.4 shows the condition of the finished and turned sleeve, and from this ligure it will be seen how the tongue e operates to protect the point d (or the end of the longitudinal seam ot the sleeve) from rupture when the edges ot' the longitudinal opening of the sleeve shall be spread apart, as seen in this figure, and pulled upon in the directions respectively indicated by the arrows.

Itwill be observed that in the final union of the edges b c a single seam is sewed from the upper end of the sleeve down to the root or bend ofthe tongue-piece e, while the tongue itselfis secured to the opposite edge portion, c, by t\vo rows of stitching. So tar as I have yet practiced my invention I deem this thebest way ot uniting the parts of the stock.

Having now so fully explained my invention that those skilled in the art can understand and practicc the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improvement in the manufacture Ot wearing apparel, the described method of strengthening those portions where two edges of the material are united throughout a portion only ot their length, consisting in forming a tongue-like stay-piece by cutting and turningv np a portion ot' the fabric of one of said edges and then uniting the said turned-up tonguelike stay-piece to the other of said edges, all substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of April, 1882.

LEVI PRICE.

In presence ot'- SOLOMON FRIEND, JACOB FELBEL. 

